Fortis Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fortis Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Fortis Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also did.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 80 first-choice applications for 149 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 69 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 14.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.6 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- In 2024/25, 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was C (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 8NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a large school that is warm and welcoming.”
- “The values of ‘character, resilience and aspiration’ underpin all that the school does.”
- “Pupils feel safe and are well looked after.”
To improve
- “At times, the work given to some pupils, including those with SEND, is not sufficiently adapted to allow them to understand what they are learning.”
- “Additionally, teachers sometimes move on to new content without checking that pupils have secured their understanding of key ideas fully.”
- “On these occasions, gaps can form in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 80 first-preference applications, 149 offers in total, 80 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Arena Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-ACT North Birmingham Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prince Albert High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hamstead Hall Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadway Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Stockland Green School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published